Translation:
Establish prayer, pay alms-tax,15 and bow down with those who bow down.
Establish prayer, pay alms-tax,15 and bow down with those who bow down.
Translation:
And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your heads 60 with those who bow down (in worship).
And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your heads 60 with those who bow down (in worship).
Commentary:
60 The argument is still primarily addressed co the Jews, but is of universal application, as in all the teachings of the Qur'an. The chief feature of Jewish worship was and is the bowing of the head.
Translation:
and be constant in prayer, and spend in charity, 34 and bow down in prayer with all who thus bow down.
and be constant in prayer, and spend in charity, 34 and bow down in prayer with all who thus bow down.
Commentary:
34 In Islamic Law, zakah denotes an obligatory tax, incumbent on Muslims, which is meant to purify a person's capital and income from the taint of selfishness (hence the name). The proceeds of this tax are to, be spent mainly, but not exclusively, on the poor. Whenever, therefore, this term bears the above legal implication, I translate it as "the purifying dues". Since, however, in this verse it refers to the children of Israel and obviously implies only acts of charity towards the poor, it is more appropriate to translate it as "almsgiving" or "charity". I have also adopted this latter rendering in all instances where the term zakah, though relating to Muslims, does not apply specifically to the obligatory tax as such (e.g., in 73:20, where this term appears for the first time in the chronology of revelation).
34 In Islamic Law, zakah denotes an obligatory tax, incumbent on Muslims, which is meant to purify a person's capital and income from the taint of selfishness (hence the name). The proceeds of this tax are to, be spent mainly, but not exclusively, on the poor. Whenever, therefore, this term bears the above legal implication, I translate it as "the purifying dues". Since, however, in this verse it refers to the children of Israel and obviously implies only acts of charity towards the poor, it is more appropriate to translate it as "almsgiving" or "charity". I have also adopted this latter rendering in all instances where the term zakah, though relating to Muslims, does not apply specifically to the obligatory tax as such (e.g., in 73:20, where this term appears for the first time in the chronology of revelation).
15 The alms-tax (zakâh) is the payment of 2.5% of someone’s savings only if the amount is equivalent to or greater than 85 g of gold, if that amount remains untouched for a whole Islamic year—around 355 days.